Intellectual property aspects

Intellectual Property Aspects Regarding Ionic Liquids... 

Patent and intellectual property aspects—Patent protection in Switzerland lasts for 20 years, with the possibility of a 5-year extension with a supplementary protection certificate (SPC). Also of interest is that the initial applicant has 10-year exclusivity protection for new active substances, new routes of administration and/or new dosage forms. 

TRIPS Agreement (Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property). Available at URL http //www.wto.int/english/docs e/legal e/27-trips 01 e.htm. 

TRIP Trade-related aspects of intellectual property... 

There are other aspects to the maintenance of a product in the market. The ability to protect and recoup investment is vital if new products and the development of existing products are to be sustained. Intellectual property rights provide various methods of protecting products and can be an important and a valuable asset in providing legitimate barriers against domestic and foreign competition. 

WTO TRIPS Agreement. 1994. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Apr. IS, 1994, Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, at Annex 1C, art. 27.1. 

United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR). 2001. The Impact of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights on Human Rights Report of the High Commissioner. Geneva OUNHCHR. 

The pro-intellectual property rights team has worked for 20 or more years to strengthen national and international intellectual property regimes (Drahos and Braithwaite 2003), especially via the WTO Agreement on the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) (WTO 1994). Even after consolidating a worldwide baseline of intellectual... 

Canadian Legal Network. 2001. Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and AIDS Law Project South Africa. TRIPS and Rights International Human Rights Law, Access to Medicines and the Interpretation of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property. Available at http //www.aidslaw.ca/Maincontent/issues/cts/briefs/TRIPS-human-rights-briefPDF.pdf [Accessed June 20, 2005]. 

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights... 

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